Building Prototype
Design and architecture projects that test ideas through physical construction and iterative building.
Simplex Architecture Steps a Seoul Mid-Rise Tower to Negotiate Between Low-Rise Commerce and High-Rise Housing
In Seocho-dong, a gridded stone tower of terraces and sunken courtyards mediates between two radically different urban scales.
Fernanda Marques Stacks Interlocking Volumes into a São Paulo House That Earns Its Nickname
Casa Lego assembles cantilevered blocks, travertine surfaces, and slatted timber screens across 1,390 square meters in urban São Paulo.
WOVEN Architecture Layers a Waterfront Home into a Forested Hillside on Saanich Inlet
A 6,500-square-foot residence in Willis Point, BC nestles into steep terrain, trading spectacle for a quiet calibration of wood, earth, and water.
FHHH Friends Wraps a Seoul Music Academy in a Faceted White Shell That Echoes Its Interior Logic
A 1,270-square-meter preparatory academy in Seoul stacks soundproof practice rooms inside an angular volume that reshapes its block.
ALAS Alarcon Linde Architects Builds a Paint Factory from Timber in Rural Germany
A modular CLT headquarters for Hemmelrath Technologies in Erlenbach am Main treats industrial architecture as a design-to-disassemble proposition.
Objekt Architecten Pours a Concrete Disc Through an Aalst Weaving Mill Turned Showroom
A former textile factory on the Dender canal becomes a 2,045 m² kitchen and bath showroom structured by concrete, metal, and wood.
Longwave Studio Turns a Tainan Penthouse Into a Ritual of Departure and Return
A two-level apartment in Tainan reimagines storage as architectural facade and choreographs the daily act of coming home.
Probabilis Domus: Housing Shaped by Climate, Not Celebrity
A climate-responsive housing cluster in Ludhiana replaces iconic form-making with passive strategies, shared courtyards, and affordable materiality.
Framework: A Modular Housing System That Grows With Its Residents
Anna Szczepaniak proposes an expandable residential framework where inhabitants assemble their own flats within a shared structural grid.
Digital House by Julian Krüger and Benjamin Kemper: A Parametric Prototype for the Future of Sustainable Architecture in Germany
Digital House by Krüger and Kemper: a sustainable, tool-free, CNC-milled modular home featuring recycled materials and parametric design innovation.
Mobile Pavilion by prototype + Sets Studio: A Traveling Cultural Hub That Activates Urban Spaces
A modular, mobile pavilion designed to activate public spaces, foster community engagement, and promote cultural exchange across Ukrainian cities.
